Boys' name · since 2004
Vahn
Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 66 babies named Vahn, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,270 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,387 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 66
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Vahn is the #9387 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 66 recorded since 2004.
Vahn has 66 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9387 as of the latest data, more common than 33% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #20,270 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,387 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 66 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vahn ranks #20,270 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,387 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 66 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,270 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,387 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 66
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Vahn's 66 recorded births place it above 55.42% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Vahn compares
66 20th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Vahn's all-time total is 82% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Vahn | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 66 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Vahn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Vahn's full recorded timeline at 2018, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Vahn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Vahn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Vahn's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Vahn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (41% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2004–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Vahn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.